# Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc. Common Stock (HLT) fundamentals

Data as of 2026-09-08. NYSE, United States. Sector: Consumer Cyclical / Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure. Price $311.18, market value $70.0 billion.

## Valuation
- **P/E (trailing): 45.7×** (5-yr avg 52.4×, 3-yr avg 42.9×). Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc. Common Stock trades at 45.7× trailing earnings, close to its own five-year average of 52.4×. The Consumer Cyclical median in the September 2026 study was 19.5×. Forward P/E is 29.8×, lower than trailing, so analysts expect earnings to grow.
- **Price / sales: 5.6×**. Each dollar of revenue is priced at 5.6×.
- **EV / EBITDA: 26.2×**. Enterprise value is 26.2× operating earnings before depreciation, the multiple that ignores how the company is financed; above 20× is demanding.
- **Free-cash-flow yield: 2.9%** (5-yr avg 2.9%). Free cash flow equals 2.9% of the market value, in line with its five-year average of 2.9%.
- **Earnings yield: 2.2%**. The inverse of the P/E: 2.2% of the price is earned each year.

## Profitability
- **Operating margin: 23.3%**. 23.3% of revenue is left after running the business, a healthy level in most sectors.
- **Net margin: 12.1%**. 12.1% of each dollar of sales reaches the bottom line.
- **Return on equity: -27.0%**. Return on equity is negative because earnings are negative.
- **Return on invested capital: 38.0%**. Return on all capital, debt included, is 38.0%: comfortably above what that capital costs.
- **Return on assets: 9.4%**. Each dollar of assets produces 9.4% of profit.

## Growth
- **Revenue growth (1 yr): 7.7%** (3-yr 11.1%/yr, 5-yr 22.8%/yr). Revenue grew 7.7% over the last year, against 22.8% a year compounded over five years: growth is slowing.
- **EPS growth (1 yr): -0.3%** (3-yr 10.5%/yr). Earnings per share fell 0.3%, slower than revenue, so margins compressed.
- **Free-cash-flow growth (3 yr): 7.3%/yr**. Free cash flow has compounded at 7.3% a year over three years, keeping pace with earnings: the growth is real cash.

## Financial health
- **Net debt / EBITDA: 3.7×**. It would take 3.7 years of operating earnings to repay net borrowings, above the 3× level most lenders treat as comfortable.
- **Current ratio: 0.66** (quick 0.66). Current liabilities exceed current assets, so the company depends on ongoing cash generation or refinancing to pay the next year's bills.
- **Altman Z-score: 2.59**. A Z-score of 2.59 is in the grey zone; not distressed, not clearly safe.
- **Piotroski F-score: 5/9**. 5 of 9 checks pass: mixed.

## Dividends
- **Dividend yield: 0.19%** ($0.60 per share, trailing). Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc. Common Stock yields 0.19%, a modest yield more typical of a growth-oriented payer.
- **Payout ratio: 10%** (7% of free cash flow). 10% of earnings goes out as dividends, leaving room to keep raising it.
- **Consecutive years of increases: 4**. 4 straight years of increases.
- **Dividend growth (5 yr): 32.0%/yr** (1-yr 0.0%). The dividend has compounded at 32.0% a year over five years, doubling roughly every 2 years at that pace.

## Analyst view
- **Analyst consensus: buy** (26 analysts). 26 analysts cover Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc. Common Stock; the consensus is buy, with an average price target of $352.85 (+13% from the current price). Analyst opinion is shown for context; it is not part of the Fundamental Score.

## Price and momentum
- **Total return (1 yr): 12.1%** (YTD 8.4%, 3-mo -9.3%). The shares are up 12.1% over twelve months including dividends.
- **From 52-week high: -13.1%** (22.7% above the low). Trading 13% below its 52-week high.
- **200-day average: below**. The price sits below its 200-day moving average, the usual definition of a downtrend.
- **RSI (14-day): 39**. An RSI of 39 is neutral.
- **Beta (1 yr): 0.65** (volatility 24%). Beta of 0.65 against the S&P 500: the shares move much less than the market.

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